Workers fired for refusing a vaccine unlikely to qualify for unemployment
Excerpted from a USA Today article by McKenzie Sadeghi The claim: Employees who are fired for refusing a vaccine are eligible for unemployment benefits The highly transmissible delta coronavirus variant […]
Texas court supports hospital’s decision to require COVID-19 vaccine for employees
In Texas, the race to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine is perhaps akin to a motorized grocery cart rounding the aisle at barely two mph. To date, only 38% of its […]
2,000 COVID-19 employment lawsuits in the U.S.: Analysis of the trends
Excerpted from a JacksonLewis blog by Nadine Abrahams and Stephanie Adler-Paindiris On April 6, 2021, the total number of COVID-19-related employment complaints filed in U.S. courts passed the 2,000 mark. […]
Court rules regular worksite attendance is essential for most jobs
Excerpted from a Shawe Rosenthal, LLP blog by Fiona W. Ong Some disabilities may indeed prevent employees from showing up regularly for work. But according to the U.S. Court of […]